Buy the domain, sign up with an email host, and add the records it gives you at your registrar. Zoho Mail's Forever Free plan hosts one domain for up to five users at 5 GB each, enough for a founding team, though you read mail in Zoho's own apps since it has no IMAP or POP. Google Workspace puts Gmail, Meet and Drive on your domain from ₹99 per user a month on its Base plan, or ₹270 on Business Starter. The steps: verify the domain with the TXT record the host shows, add its MX records so mail arrives, then add SPF and DKIM (and DMARC) so your mail reaches inboxes; Gmail now requires SPF or DKIM from everyone who sends to it. Make shared addresses like hello@ or sales@ aliases or groups rather than paid users.
Part of Business email on eChai Explore.
7 resources, 7 link-checked.
Zoho's step-by-step help for proving you own your domain by adding a TXT or CNAME record at your registrar, the first step of setting up email.
From zoho.com by Zoho 5 min
How to add the SPF record that tells other mail servers Zoho is allowed to send for your domain, so your mail is not marked as spam.
From zoho.com by Zoho 5 min
If you decide to send from a separate domain for deliverability reasons, this is the official, no nonsense setup guide for the authentication records that keep your email out of spam. It's dry, but it's a primary source rather than a marketing blog padded with upsells, and it takes about ten minutes to action. Use it once, then forget it exists.
From Google Workspace Help by Google Workspace 10 min setup
This is Google's own rulebook for what gets an email into Gmail instead of spam: SPF or DKIM for every sender, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC together once you send any volume, valid reverse DNS, and TLS in transit. When you are debugging why your cold email is landing in spam, this is the primary source to check yourself against, not a vendor's interpretation of it.
From Google (Gmail/Workspace support)
Zoho, an Indian company, hosts business email on your domain. The page lists the Forever Free plan: one domain, up to 5 users, 5 GB per user, without IMAP, POP or ActiveSync, alongside paid Mail Lite and Mail Premium plans.
From zoho.com by Zoho
Gmail, Meet, Drive and Docs on your own domain, priced in rupees. The page lists Base at ₹99 per user a month for up to 20 users, Business Starter at ₹270 and Business Standard at ₹1,080, each with a 14-day free trial.
From workspace.google.com by Google
Google Workspace on eChai Explore
An ICANN-accredited registrar's domain search with Indian prices. It lists a .in domain at ₹899 for the first year (₹1 on a 3-year term during its sale) and shows renewal and transfer prices side by side.
From hostinger.com by Hostinger
Hostinger Domains on eChai Explore
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